Linux wont run anymore!

mausie · 09-19-2003, 12:53 PM

I LOVEE YOUUUU

thnx dude it wooorkksss
im typing this from Linux!!!!!!
so ok linux starts again..
any more things i gota do?
(i dont really get your last post.. sorry)

mausie · 09-19-2003, 12:58 PM

awww noooo
all my start menu items etc etc are gone
nothing starts not even home :/
i had this before and only thing that worked was reinstall linux :/

jpbarto · 09-19-2003, 01:12 PM

guys instead of editing the XFree86 conf by hand ... isn't there an fglrxconfig that you can use? It will ask you a few questions then generate a config file for you.

mausie · 09-19-2003, 01:17 PM

i already done that
but guys.. i want all my KDE stuff back like games etc and programs
i cant even run Terminal atm!!!
nothing works

((
and i dont want to format again for second time cause of this bug
any way to restore kde items like menu start games, programs, everything? :/

jpbarto · 09-19-2003, 01:23 PM

you mean there's NOTHING in your KDE start menu? And when you click on the 'home' icon no file browser pops up?

here's a link to a howto for adding menu items ... not sure if it'll be of much use though.

http://www-oss.fnal.gov/projects/fer...lass/menu.html

can you load Gnome instead of KDE? You should be able to access KDE's menu options from Gnome, this will allow you to add things back to KDE's start menu and then you can use KDE again instead of Gnome.

skadub · 09-19-2003, 01:25 PM

Remove .kde and .kderc from your home directory, for example, log in gnome and delete the directory .kde and the file .kderc.
Then restart kde

mausie · 09-19-2003, 01:31 PM

im in Gnome but when i start home i cant find anything about KDE
(Gnome works fine and the kde nothing works bug i read about it that more ppl have it)
but ok...
i cant find them :/

i see:
Destop
Documents
Mail
tmp

skadub · 09-19-2003, 01:33 PM

Open a terminal and do ' cd ' then ' rm -rf .kde ' and ' rm -f .kderc '

mausie · 09-19-2003, 01:35 PM

[mausie@localhost mausie]$ rm -rf.kde
rm: invalid option -- .
Try `rm --help' for more information.

skadub · 09-19-2003, 01:38 PM

Put a space between the ' -rf ' and ' . ' :
' rm -rf .kde .kderc '

mausie · 09-19-2003, 01:40 PM

ok done
what now?

skadub · 09-19-2003, 01:41 PM

Disconnect from gnome and reconnect to KDE

mausie · 09-19-2003, 01:48 PM

dude
everything is back.. thank u so much
even opengl Enemy Territory WORKS

BOTH OF U THNX!!!!
well this was it i guess everything is fixed...
i have no idea how to thank u guys but thnx thnx thnxx thnxxx

skadub · 09-19-2003, 01:51 PM

One more Linux user, great

jpbarto · 09-19-2003, 02:09 PM

skadub thank you for your help. I haven't used KDE in FOREVER let alone an rpm based system. so it's always difficult for me to help people out in that arena thank you.

mausie, glad to see you're up and running. we almost lost you there for a moment, sorry this was such a struggle, looking back at the hard time I had with ATI and their drivers I sometimes wish I had gotten an nvidia but oh well.

Congrats and happy computing.

jpbarto